To Kill A Mockingbird Justice And Injustice Analysis

Movies tell us about our world. They explain things to us that we may not otherwise notice or be aware of in our world. Whether they use humor, action, or drama, they almost always give us some new perspective toward society and the world in which we live in. In the case of To Kill a Mockingbird, Slumdog Millionaire, and 12 Years a Slave, the audience is forced to think about and confront the concept of justice and injustice in ways we don't usually think about them. Justice is a hard concept to wrap our heads around. Usually, we leave it to the courts to decide what is just and fair. In recent days, it's become more of a public issue with activists and protests and the politics that go into it. We think we know and recognize when things are

We recognize the fact that Tom Robinson's trial is unfair, and look at it as unjust because he's forced to ultimately die because he's put against an all-white jury, who are prejudiced against him even though all the evidence points toward him being innocent. However, part of what makes To Kill A Mockingbird so powerful is the way the story is told. The whole film is put in the point of view of a young girl whose father is Tom's lawyer. Because it's put in the view of a child, suddenly the whole injustice of it seems even more ridiculous. When you see young children growing up experiencing this, it seems more morally wrong than before, probably because we view children as more innocent than adults. When children experience injustices, whether first handedly or as an observer, the act of injustice automatically seems

I think this was in part because of the fact it's based in more recent times than the other two and the main character was closer to my own age. I also think the cutting within it, with the flashbacks and the juxtaposition between his present-day life and the rough life he had growing up, helped me to better understand the issues within it. The fact that it was closer to recent times made it seem like more of an issue. For the ones in the past, it's hard to view them as serious issues (even though they still are serious issues), because what's done is done. There's nothing more that can be done now except for genuine repentance and a desire to do better in the future. However, when events are closer to present day, you realize that things like that are things that actually go on in the world and are serious problems. That's not to say that slavery and racism don't exist any more - they do - but because the movies are based in the past, they make it seem farther off. The age of Jamal in Slumdog Millionaire also plays a pretty big factor for me. He doesn't seem that far from my own age, and I cannot even imagine having to experience the injustices that he did, let alone surviving them and ending up as a millionaire. It made it that much more real for